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ARTICLE    I.  .  : 

This    Association    shall   be  known   as    "  The  Society  of  the 
Burnside  Expedition  and  of  the  Ninth  Army  Corps." 
article  ii. 

Every  Officer  of  the  Army  and  Nav}r,  and  every  enlisted  man 
who  served  in  the  uBurnside  Expedition"  to  North  Carolina,  or 
in  the  Ninth  Army  Corps,  and  was  honorably  discharged,  or  who 
remains  in  the  regular  service  of  the  United  States,  shall  be  entitled 
to  membership  in  this  Society  upon  subscribing  to  its  Constitution 
and  By-Laws  and  paying  the  fee  therein  specified.  Honorary 
members  may  be  elected  from  time  to  time  from  those  who  have 
served  with  honor  in  the  Army  or  Navy  of  the  United  States. 

ARTICLE    III. 

The  object  of  the  Society  is  to  perpetuate  the  history  of  the  above 
commands  to  which  its  members  were  attached,  and  whilst  cherish- 
ing the  honored  memory  of  those  of  their  comrades  who  fell  in  the 
cause  of  their  country,  it  shall  be  its  endeavor,  by  occasional  re- 
unions, to  promote  and  preserve  among  the  survivors  the  feeling  of 
friendship  and  good-fellowship  for  which  they  have  hitherto  been 
distinguished. 

ARTICLE    IV. 

The  Officers  of  this  Society  shall  consist  of  a  President,  Vice- 
President,  Corresponding  and  Recording  Secretaries,  and  Treasurer, 
who  shall  be  elected  annually  at  the  regular  meeting.  A  majority 
of  the  mem bera present  shall  have  the  power  to  elect  these  officers. 
The  President  at  each  annual  meeting  shall  appoint  an  Executive 
Committee  for  the  ensuing  year,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  make  the 
proper-arrangements  for  the  next  meeting  of  the  Society. 

ARTICLE    V. 

The  regular  meetings  shall  take  place  not  oftener  than  once  a 
year,  and  at  such  time  and  place  as  may  be  determined  by  a  major- 
ity of  the  members  at  the  regular  meeting  next  preceding.  Mem- 
bers will  be  expected  to  attend  the  regular  meetings,  or,  if  unable 
to  do  so,  will  give  the  Secretary  timely  notice,  in  writing,  of  their 
inability  and  its  cause. 

ARTICLE   vr. 

Any  member  who  shall  be  in  arrears  for  dues  for  a  period  of 
three  years,  shall  have  his  name  dropped  from  the  rolls  until  his 
dues  shall  be  paid,  or  they  be  remitted  by  a  vote  of  the  Society. 


ARTICLE    VII. 

Honoring  the  achievements  of  their  brothers-in-arms,  this  Society 
authorizes  the  President  or  Executive  Committee  to  invite  to  its 
meetings  any  Officers  who  have  served  with  distinction  in  the 
Army  or  Navy  of  the  United  States. 


BY-LAWS. 


'  Article  I.  An  initiation-fee  of  two  dollars,  and  an  annual  fee  of 
one  dollar,  shall  be  paid  by  each  member  to  the  Treasurer. 

Article  II.  Money  for  the  necessary  expenses  of  the  Society  may 
be  expended  by  the  Treasurer  upon  the  approval  of  the  President. 

Article  III.  The  Treasurer  shall  make  a  report  to  the  Annual 
Meeting  of  all  receipts  and  expenditures,  with  vouchers. 

Article  IV.  The  Secretary  shall  report  to  every  meeting  all 
correspondence  of  general  interest. 

Article  V.  AH  questions  and  resolutions  shall  be  decided  by 
a  majority  of  the  members  present.  But  amendments  proposed  to 
the  Constitution  shall  require  the  assent  of  two-thirds  of  the  mem- 
.  bers  present  at  a  regular  meeting. 

Article  VI.  The  order  of  business  shall  be  as  follows  : 

1.  Reading  the  journal  of  the  previous  meeting. 

2.  Appointments  of  Committees  on  business  and  for  nomi- 

nation of  officers. 

3.  Receiving  reports. 

4.  Current  business. 

5.  Election  of  officers. 

6.  Adjournment. 


NOTICE. 

All  persons  entitled  to  membership  in  this  Society,  may  send 
their  subscriptions  ($2  initiation  and,  $1  annual  dues),  with  their 
Regiment,  Rank,  and.  Command,  together  with  their  Post-OPfice  ad- 
dress, to  the  Treasurer,  Col.  D.  R.  Lamed,  Post- Office  Box  865, 
New  York  City;  and  upon  receipt  of  their  subscriptions  their  names 
will  be  entered  on  the  books  of  the  Society,  and  a  Certificate  of 
Membership  forwarded  to  them. 


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